A.6. Relations to other products

A.6.1. Dependencies

437. The STF Design Rule have the following dependencies from other products.

  • The STF XML artefacts are registered within the NMRR within the STF namespace.

  • XML artefacts created by applying the STF design rule shall be registered within the NMRR.

  • The STF XML artefacts in the NMRR shall be used to automatically validate the XML artefact created by applying the STF design rule.

  • The DED XML artefacts can be used for data harmonisation.

A.6.2. Impacts

438. The STF Design Rules impact the evolution and development of STANAGs related to information exchanges. The following table provides an initial list of STANAGs that have been identified so far that should be transformed and improved by appling this design rule. This list is by no means exhaustive and should be expanded as more information exchange STANAGs are identified and used by the NATO community.

Document ID Date of publication Issue number / version
[NATO STANAG 5500]: NATO Standardization Agreement 5500, "Concept of NATO Message Text Formatting System (CONFORMETS) - ADatP-3", NATO Standardization Agency, Brussels, Belgium (NATO Unclassified). 25 October 2006  
[NATO STANAG 5501]: NATO Standardization Agreement 5501, Digital Data Link " Link 1 (Point-to-Point)", NATO Standardization Agency, Brussels, Belgium (NATO Unclassified). 28 February 2006 4th Edition
[NATO STANAG 5511]: NATO Standardization Agreement 5511, "Tactical Data Exchange " Link 11/11B", NATO Standardization Agency, Brussels, Belgium (NATO Unclassified). 28 February 2006 5th Edition
[NATO STANAG 5516]: NATO Standardization Agreement 5516, "Tactical Data Exchange " Link 16", NATO Standardization Agency, Brussels, Belgium (NATO Unclassified). 10 May 2006 5th Edition
[NATO STANAG 5518]: NATO STANAG 5518    
[NATO STANAG 5519]: NATO STANAG 5519    
[NATO STANAG 5522]: NATO Standardization Agreement 5522, "Tactical Data Link " Link 22", NATO Standardization Agency, Brussels, Belgium (NATO Unclassified). 24 September 2004 2nd Edition
[NATO STANAG 5527]: NATO STANAG 5527    
[NATO STANAG 5601]: NATO Standardization Agreement 5601, "Standards for Interface of Data Links 1, 11, 11B and 14" 28 August 2006 3rd Edition
[NATO STANAG 5616]: NATO Standardization Agreement 5616, "Standards for Data Forwarding between Tactical Data. Systems Employing Digital Data Link 11/11B and Tactical Data System Employing Link 16" 09 March 2006 3rd Edition
[NATO STANAG 2183]: NATO STANAG 2183    
[NATO STANAG 2185]: NATO STANAG 2185    
[NATO STANAG 4607]: NATO STANAG 4607    
[NATO STANAG 4609]: NATO STANAG 4609    
Table A.8. Impacted STANAGs

A.6.3. Interferences

439. Describe the interference of the Design Rule with other products.

A.6.4. Replacement

440. List what is replaced and why.

A.6.5. Change Request (CR)/Improvements

441. As this is version 1.0 of the STF Design Rules, no change requests are yet submitted.